Device for applying sealing-wax.



No. 641,648. Patented Jan. I6, I900.

H. E. RIDER.

DEVICE FOR APPLYING SEALING WAX.

(Application filed Oct. 19, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES I FEICE.

PATENT HERBERT E. RIDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO STANLEY 85PATTERSON AND OELINDA P. ROBINSON, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR APPLYING SEALING-WAX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,648, dated January16, 1900. Application filed October 19, 1898.- $erlal No. 694,006. (Nomodel.)

To rrZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT E. RIDER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, county ofNew York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Devices for Applying Sealing- IVaX, of which thefollowing is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part hereof.

This invention relates to devices for applying sealing-wax, and has forits principal objects to prevent too rapid an outflow of the sealing-waxand especially to prevent the outflow of insufficiently-melted portionsand to guide and shield the sealing-Wax as it escapes from the holdingdevice.

The improvements embodying the present invention are designed for usewith a device for applying sealing-wax of the construction covered by myprior patent, No. 600,992, dated March 22, 1898; and my inventionincludes various improvements upon the construction of sealing-waxdevice shown in said patent.

In the accompanying drawings, showing embodiments of my invention,Figure l is a side elevation of a device for applying sealing-wax. Fig.2 is an enlarged vertical section of part of the same in proximity tothe outflow-orifice, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of a modifiedconstruction.

A tubular casing 1, tapering or reduced at one end -the left-hand end asshown-and having a small or restricted orifice 2 at this reduced end andhaving a removable cap 3 at the other end, forms the receptacle for thesealing-wax. The sealing-wax is usually in stick form and may fit withinthe casing so as to move freely therein or may be considerably smallerthan the casing.

Within the casing 1 at the restricted end thereof is located the meansfor preventing the outflow of insufficiently-melted portions ofsealing-wax, such means comprising a screen or sieve in bothconstructions shown, the screen or sieve at (shown in Fig. 2) being setin a step at the restricted end of the easing and having a flat screendiaphragm extending across the tubular casing in proximity to theorifice and the screen or sieve 5 (shown in Fig. 3) being of conicalshape and having a curved screen diaphragm somewhat nearer the orificethan in the other construction. Both screens are of substantiallycupshaped form, with their sides against the walls of the casing.

When the sealing-wax is heated, it quickly becomes soft, and I havefound that with no means to prevent the escape of unmelted portionsitfrequently happens that lumps of unmelted wax flow out with the liquidand that after the heating has been continued for some timethe'sealing-wax flows out so freely as to be unmanageable. Theseobjections are entirely obviated by my present invention, and a uniformoutflow of melted sealing-wax is thereby attained under all conditions.It is of courseobvious that a screen of perforated metal may be employedin place of the wirescreens shown, or other modified constructions maybe used.

The melted sealing-wax as it flows out of the casing must be shieldedfrom the heating flame and properly guided, so that it will uniformlyfall at the desired place on the flap of the envelop or package, and Ihave found that by providing a shield spout or lipsuch as is shown at12, Figs. 1 and 2, or at 11, Fig. 3-these desirable objects aresatisfactorily attained.

-While it is desirable to hold the sealingwax casing in inclinedposition when in use, so that the melted wax will run out by gravity, Ihave found that it is frequently not desirable to have the reservoir forinflammable fluidin such inclined position, and I therefore provide areservoir 13, provided with an upwardly and rearwardly extending angulararm 16, the upper bent end of the arm 16 re movably entering a socket 17in the sealingwax casing 1, whereby when the reservoir 13 rests upon ahorizontal base the sealing-wax casing 1 is supported in inclinedposition. The casing 1 may be removed and another casing substitutedwhenever desired. The reservoir 13 may be provided with a removing itand has a burner 14, located under the fluid-burner shown or thesealing-wax device may not be provided with a burner. The latterconstruction is shown in Fig. 3, and in using this construction thecasing maybe held by hand over any suitable burner.

It is evident that modifications may be made in the constructiondescribed and shown without departing from my invention and that partsof my invention may be separately used.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

1. A device for applying sealing-wax comprising an incasing envelop forthe sealingwax having an orifice at one end and means located inproximity to said orifice for preventing the outflow of unmeltedsealingqvan, substantially as set forth.

2. A device for applying sealing-wax comprising an incasing envelop forthe sealingwa-x having an orifice at one end and a screen interposed inproximity to said orifice, substantially as set forth.

3. A device for applying sealing-wax comprising a casing having anorifice at one end and a cup-shaped screen located within said casing inproximity to said orifice, substantially as set forth.

4. A device for applying sealing-wax comprising an ineasing envelophaving a restricted orifice at one end and a shield-spout at suchorifice, substantially as set forth.

5. A device for applying sealing-wax comprising an incasing envelophaving an orifice at one end and a screen interposed in proximity tosaid orifice and a shield-spout at said orifice, substantially as setforth.

6. A device for applying sealing-wax comprising an incasing envelophaving an orifice at one end, a reservoir for inflammable fluid, andmeans for supporting said envelop in an inclined position on saidreservoir, substantially as set forth.

7. A device for applying sealing-wax comprising a casing for thesealing-wax having a restricted orifice at one end, a screen locatedwithin said casing in proximity to said orifice, ashield-spout at saidorifice, aburner and reservoir for inflammable fluid, and an angular armthereon supporting said casing in inclined position, substantially asset forth.

Signed at New York, N. Y., this 18th day of October, 1898.

HERBERT E. RIDER.

Witnesses:

HENRY D. XVILLIAMs, HERBERT H. GIBBS.

